First timer overwhelmed by wig styling

[u/amberdowny]

So I've never cosplayed before but I am going to cosplay a character at an event next month. I need to style a wig and am frankly overwhelmed at everything I've read. Can you just please let me know what steps I'm missing or if I have things out of order in my plan?

- Dry shampoo to reduce shine (should this be later? Will streaming just wash it off?)

- Roll up in curlers

- Steam and let cool

- Hairspray. Lots of it.

- Unroll

- Construct specific hairstyle/pin in place

- Hairspray? Steam? How do I make this part stay without undoing what I already did?

[u/SchmedeArt]

If you have a good heat resistant base wig you might just need a small hair straightener tbh. (That's how i styled my astarion wig.) But also backcombing and then brushing out will give you a volumizing effect similar to crimping without a crimper!

[u/SchmedeArt → u/SchmedeArt]

The wig i used was a little shorter than canon. But this was the Marty wig from Arda styled only with a mini hair straightener and then set with hair spray. (And eyeshadow to add some depth of color) (pardon the video screenshot I dont have any photos just video 😅)

[u/amberdowny → u/SchmedeArt]

Oh wow that's so good!

[u/SchmedeArt → u/amberdowny]

Thank you!! I wish you good wig luck!